The Daily Iowan published an article last week about three UI students’ software startup, ABAL Therapeutics. The founders aim to make expensive and time-consuming Applied Behavior Analysis therapy ...

What's so unusual about a baby fascinated with spinning a cup, or a toddler flapping his hands, or a preschooler walking on her toes? Parents and even doctors sometimes miss these red flags for autism ...

When Aimee Karpien adopted her son, Henry, at 18 months old, she immediately suspected he had developmental delays and sensory processing challenges. “We quickly pursued evaluation through early ...

The family of an autistic boy is suing the state of Arizona after their son was assaulted by a police officer. According to the officer, he mistook the boy playing with string for doing drugs. In fact ...

One readily noticeable pathognomonic trait of autism is hand-flapping—a stereotyped motor movement that can look a bit like an attempt to accelerating the drying of nail polish. Not all with autism do ...

Companies seek a competitive edge by hiring talented people; yet, many capable workers are overlooked because they have autism. People with autism are unemployed at disproportionate levels. As a ...

Dozens of actors, directors, producers and stagehands have been hard at work preparing for West Valley Light Opera’s upcoming performances of “A Chorus Line.” One performance in particular stands out ...

World Autism Awareness Week is taking place this year from 1 to 7 April, with campaigners hoping to raise awareness of the condition and improve the experience of those affected by it. The chief ...

INDIANAPOLIS–April is Autism Awareness Month. Autism rates have tripled nationwide, which means that our education system will continue to see increased enrollment of students with autism. Both the ...